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Four-wheel

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1848, OED Evaluation: N/A

A four-wheeled carriage.(noun)

ExampleMeaning
Um, no. But we were four-wheeling and we came- we- we're like we're going down the Nursery-Street road and we're like going pretty good, and there was a mother and her four cubs but they were last year's cubs so they just ran right in front of us and we had ah really put on our brakes, eh for that one.
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.
Yeah, I'll take that quite a bit. Or four-wheeling I love the mud, eh? My husband hates it (laughs).
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.
ExampleMeaning
Fish, Four-wheel, we bring our bikes out there.
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.
ExampleMeaning
They four-wheel around there.
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.
ExampleMeaning
And we four wheel. We do four wheeling.
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.
We do four-wheel though. We- we went out last year and we'd kind-of go up um- where'd- we go all over four-wheeling.
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.
ExampleMeaning
Um, a lot of deer. Um, like we'll be four-wheeling. On like, trails, like back- back in the bush or-whatever.
Ride a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle.

fowl supper

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: We used to have our homecoming in May. We used to have the lob-ball in the fall. Then we used to have New-Year's and Christmas down here- Christmas and New-Years down here. Interviewer: (inc) Speaker: Used to hav-- yup, Strawberry-Suppers, Fowl-Suppers and they're still on, but there's a lot of things that we don't do anymore.
A harvest meal, usually held by church or other religion, where poultry is served as a main course.
... and then the Anglican-Church they have a- a fowl-supper which is turkey and all the trimmings and the- you'll have to get Doug to bring you up here these times you-know!
A harvest meal, usually held by church or other religion, where poultry is served as a main course.

Fox-and-goose

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

ExampleMeaning
I think I remember a few fist fights maybe between the boys, but it was I-don't-know. So but no, I can never remember standing around at a recess with nothing to do. 'Cause everybody had a game of something going on. And in the winter we used to play, um, fox and goose, down the um- you tromp up your circle and- we- every-- you would- it was great, recess was fabulous. And the other thing I could remember were marbles. We had a lot of marble games. And you cried when you lost your- your best one.
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: And then we played tag and in the wintertime we'd make fox and goose trails and- Interviewer: Fox and goose trails? Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: That's where you had fresh snow so you followed- Interviewer: Oh, right. Speaker: Everybody followed them. Speaker: Yeah. Speaker: Until somebody would get upset and then they'd wreck your trails on you.
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.
ExampleMeaning
And I can remember being so pleased if we had to stay at home or stay at school for lunch because ordinarily the teacher and us kids went ah came home for dinner at noon. Interviewer: There was adventure for you to stay. Speaker: And then we'd ah, ah at recess- well, we went out and played fox and goose and-things-like-that in the snow and ah the big thing ah, social thing was the Christmas concert and that was really- actually big.
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Bad boys, swamp school. Interviewer 1: Give us some names (laughs). Speaker 46: Really fox-and-goose was one of the main- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Names- sports in the wintertime. Where you could make a big- big- big circle, you-know, just up track eh?
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: And we used to play Red-Rover. Interviewer: Yeah I played that. Speaker: Yeah. And um fox-and-goose in the winter. Interviewer: What fo-- fox-and-goose? Speaker: They'd make a trail. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then they would chase you and sometimes you got cornered, like you had to be careful which path you took. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: This path in the snow 'cause then the- Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: The fox would catch the goose.
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Did you have any favourite games you guys liked to play? Speaker: Ah, in the wintertime it was fox-and-goose. Interviewer: Fox-and-goose? Speaker: Yes. (laughs) Interviewer: I've never heard of that one- Speaker: You never- Interviewer: How do you play? Speaker: You made a big circle in the snow. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then divided it- dissected it in half like a big "T".
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: And there were always the ah- winter-time, I think for recess for me was- was just fun. We would play fox-and-goose. We'd always try and keep the little kids off this section of school yard so that we could make a fox-and-goose big path and then we played that. And snowball fights and forts and um- snowmen and we had a little bit of a rock.
childhood game; purpose: one is a fox and another is a goose. Fox must find the geese who make trails in the snow.

Frame sleigh

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
And sometimes we used to put hay in the bottom of the sleigh and frame. We used to call it a frame sleigh, that's what we used to call it, a frame sleigh. And maybe there'd be ten or twelve of us go out in that sleigh for a drive and sit on- to a party or-something.
A type of sleigh.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Well, we had a car. Frame-sleigh. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: We had a frame-sleigh used to go to church, frame-sleigh. Interviewer: Again with two, four horses or- Speaker: Two horses.
A type of sleigh.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: What they called a frame sleigh. One big long runner and a nice box on it. Two seats. That was for going to town in the wintertime.
A type of sleigh.
ExampleMeaning
Mm, boys, they got what they called a ah- a frame sleigh with long runners. They were desperate.
A type of sleigh.